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dc.contributor.advisorBradford H. Hager.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHsung, Jenwaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-12T19:29:45Z
dc.date.available2018-03-12T19:29:45Z
dc.date.copyright2000en_US
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114097
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2000.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 70-71).en_US
dc.description.abstractThere are numerous models for convection of the Earth's mantle, the end cases of which are whole-mantle convection and layered convection. Heat flow is an important consideration in the evalution of these models. Simple thermal evolution models based on boundary layer theory have in the past been used to look at these models. However, insufficient attention has been paid to how well the theory applies. This was particularly uncertain for the case of layered convection with a radiogenically enriched lower mantle. I modified the finite-element code ConMan to include exponentially decaying internal heating so that the radiogenic isotopes in the lower layer would be accurately represented, and compared the experimental results of a one-layer case and a two-layer case to the theoretical solutions for those cases from boundary layer theory. It turns out that boundary layer theory does indeed seem to be accurate for the case of a two-layered convecting system with a radiogenic lower layer that produces exponentially decaying internal heating.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Jenwa Hsung.en_US
dc.format.extent71 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectEarth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.titleDoes the theory of parameterized conveciton apply to layered mantle convection?en_US
dc.title.alternativeDoes the theory of parameterized convection apply to layered mantle convection?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
dc.identifier.oclc1027220715en_US


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